Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Vasíleion tīs Elládos) was a Balkan state that existed since gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832 until the monarchy was finally abolished in 1973 by a military junta. It was the first independent Greek state to exist since the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Turks in mid-15th century. Forged in flames during the Greek War of Independence, the Kingdom lasted until 1924, when the Second Hellenic Republic was formed, before being restored in 1935. From then until the early 1970s it remained a monarchy.